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National Steeplechase Association hurdle fences, completely portable, travel by truck fefl from one race track or I meet to the other. The fences, uniform and safe to jump, are made of steel, plastic and foam rubber covered in canvas. Each eight-foot . section (there are four or five sections in a typical r fence) weighs 400 pounds. Before 1974, when toe National Fence • was established, hurdle and brush races were : conducted over natural hedges made of packed supine or cedar.■
• me wasnmgton •. Jockey Club hosted the first steeplechase race in ■ toe United States in 1*1__._i\a ^ Washington, D.C. in * K 1834, ••
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